A Practical Study Of Group Work On Alleviating Loneliness Of The Elderly Living Alone In Y Village,Chifeng City

In recent years,with the acceleration of the aging of the population and the youth groups into the city to work and other reasons,so that the number of elderly people living alone in rural areas more and more,because they are living alone,spiritual needs can not be satisfied,so that the rural elderly living alone will have different degrees of loneliness,affecting the physical and mental health of the elderly living alone in rural areas,not conducive to the rural elderly living alone in a happy old age,this problem not only caused widespread concern in the community,but also in the field of social work has been concerned and research.Therefore,it is particularly important to pay attention to the loneliness of the elderly living alone in rural areas.From the perspective of social work,this paper takes Chifeng City Y village as the research and practice place,takes the elderly living alone in Y village as the research object,studies the loneliness of the elderly living alone in Y village.First,according to the list provided by the housing committee,through the household survey of the elderly living alone to fill out the loneliness measurement scale,to understand the basic information of the elderly living alone,and then analysis and processing of the data found that Y village lonely elderly people lonely problem is more serious;Second,through the interview of the elderly living alone in Y village,to understand the reasons for the formation of their loneliness and the needs of the elderly living alone;Third,according to the principle of higher level of loneliness and voluntary registration,a total of 8 elderly people living alone were selected to participate in group activities,based on social support theory,activity theory and Maslow’s needs level theory,and to design group activities,so as to carry out six group activities on the theme of "watch-and-help" loneliness relief,and finally to evaluate and reflect and make suggestions through the process and after the activities.The study found that after the group’s activities ended,all eight elderly people living alone scored lower on loneliness and lowered in loneliness.From this,it can be seen that the implementation of "watch-help" loneliness relief group activities can effectively alleviate the loneliness of the elderly living alone in Y village.